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AV allows magic item power creep. Am I overlooking something?
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<blockquote data-quote="Lord Sessadore" data-source="post: 4645149" data-attributes="member: 57255"><p>I agree that it's pretty clear what the <em>intent</em> of the AV addition is, and I think pretty well everyone else here sees it too. The question was whether one could possibly extend this to item properties as defined for item descriptions, namely the "Property:" line in an item's description. It's very semantic, but I don't see anything that denies that interpretation. </p><p></p><p>Whether or not it would or should be allowed in a game is another matter; I've treated this whole thing more as a mental exercise than anything else.</p><p>Some pains were taken to clarify the position several of us held in this thread, which is pretty much what you're saying - in the end, you can't create an item greater than your level. I didn't hear any dissent to that position once it was all cleared up, so I think you're preaching to the converted here. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></p><p>A little quibble about this: if you're looking to do this, I would say it falls under the third paragraph in AV. Namely, this part:</p><p>In my opinion, that upgrade is entirely in the hands of the DM, and I wouldn't give it much chance of being approved if the DM went by what's written in AV. The Belt of Blood and the Totemic Belt really aren't anything alike, other than the fact that they're both belts. But that's beside the point, I'm just being anal. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lord Sessadore, post: 4645149, member: 57255"] I agree that it's pretty clear what the [I]intent[/I] of the AV addition is, and I think pretty well everyone else here sees it too. The question was whether one could possibly extend this to item properties as defined for item descriptions, namely the "Property:" line in an item's description. It's very semantic, but I don't see anything that denies that interpretation. Whether or not it would or should be allowed in a game is another matter; I've treated this whole thing more as a mental exercise than anything else. Some pains were taken to clarify the position several of us held in this thread, which is pretty much what you're saying - in the end, you can't create an item greater than your level. I didn't hear any dissent to that position once it was all cleared up, so I think you're preaching to the converted here. ;) A little quibble about this: if you're looking to do this, I would say it falls under the third paragraph in AV. Namely, this part: In my opinion, that upgrade is entirely in the hands of the DM, and I wouldn't give it much chance of being approved if the DM went by what's written in AV. The Belt of Blood and the Totemic Belt really aren't anything alike, other than the fact that they're both belts. But that's beside the point, I'm just being anal. :) [/QUOTE]
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